Bridie's FireAllen & Unwin, 2003. nov. 1. - 264 oldal Bridie's world is torn apart when her parents and baby brother die in the Great Hunger. She leaves Ireland, and strikes out alone to claim a life for herself in Australia, on the other side of the ocean. Bridie's Fire is heart-warming story of courage and resilience. It affirms Kirsty Murray's keen understanding of the human spirit. Starting in the 1840s and ending in present-day Australia. The Children of the Wind quartet tells the stories of four courageous young people, Bridie, Billy, Colm and Maeve, born fifty years apart. The central character from each book becomes a mentor to the child in the next. A well crafted and finely tuned historical novel...a rollicking adventure. - Children's Book Council, Notable Books 2004 I loved it! Really, I couldn't put it down. It's such an inspiration . . . my favourite book in the world. - Georgia, Year 8 |
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9 | |
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24 | |
5 Fever and changelings | 32 |
6 Road into darkness | 36 |
7 The deathhouse | 42 |
8 Black dogs and broken houses | 48 |
21 Sea change | 130 |
22 Hearts of fire | 137 |
23 Ember prayer | 149 |
24 Gold dust | 154 |
25 Billy Dare | 162 |
26 Leap of faith | 169 |
27 Midnight | 176 |
28 The choice | 183 |
9 Pilgrim souls | 54 |
10 Riot | 60 |
11 Angel go before me | 64 |
12 Land of forever young | 70 |
13 The voyage south | 76 |
14 Winds of freedom | 84 |
15 The New World | 90 |
16 Beaumanoir | 96 |
17 Gilbert Clarence Arthur Bloomfield De Quincey | 101 |
18 By the waters and the wild | 109 |
19 Silken threads and golden needles | 117 |
20 The fate of girls | 123 |
29 Alone | 189 |
30 The night fossicker | 196 |
31 Eddie Bones | 204 |
32 Songbird of the South | 209 |
33 A troupe of stars | 220 |
34 Broken promises | 228 |
35 The living and the dead | 234 |
36 Starry starry night | 246 |
Authors Note | 251 |
Back cover | 253 |
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
afternoon Amaranta Arbuckle arms asked Bridie Ballarat beach Beaumanoir Beaumer beneath beside Biddy Ryan Brandon Bridie felt Bridie heard Bridie knew Bridie looked Bridie O'Connor Bridie sat Bridie watched Bridie woke Bridie's bright brother bushranger Caitlin camp clothes curled currach dark deck Dingle door Dora dress Dunquin Eddie Bones everything eyes face Fairlea father feel Fionn Fionn mac Cumhaill fire folded Gilbert girls gold goldfields hair hand head heart inside Ireland Irish Jacobus kitchen laughed leaned loved Marmalade Martin Degraves Melbourne Miss Charity Mister Bones morning mother never night O'Farrell Paddy pony pulled pushed reached road Roisin shouted skin smiled someone St Brigid St Brigid's crosses St Kilda Road stared stood story Suddenly tell tent theatre there's took Tralee turned voice waiting walked whispered woman workhouse